Cal Fire is investigating a report that a state fire manager used a state bulldozer and firefighter labor to help build a motorcycle path and a fish pond on the property of a private residence in Placer County, KCRA 3 has confirmed.

Those details came from a confidential source and were confirmed by a Cal Fire spokesman.

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"We did have a report of possible misuse of state funds," spokesman Daniel Berlant said. "We take it very seriously. We are doing a personnel investigation."

Berlant added that because this report involves a personnel matter, he could not offer any more details, nor further comment.

He did not offer a timeline for when the investigation into whether this really happened would be complete.

The source for the story told KCRA 3 firefighters in the Auburn area are now informally referring to this investigation as "Dozergate."

The alleged work was performed on private property in the Loomis/Penryn area, according to the source.